The American Geologist Volume 35 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... of the Warrior Coal Basin, with Colummar sections. Geological Survey of Alabama. 1899. Review of the Map of the Warrior Coal Basin in different state papers. 1900. Report on the Warrior Coal Basin. Geological Survey of Alabama. 1901. Coal Fields of Alabama. Mines and Minerals. (May, 1901) Vol. XXI. No 10. THE NEBULAR AND PLANETESIMAL THEORIES OF THE EARTH'S ORIGIN. By Wakrim Ui-hak, St. Paul. Minn Astronomy and geology, chemistry and physics, with their very useful arm or ally, spectroscopy, seek together to discover the origin and development of the earth and the moon, of the sun and his retinue of planets, and of the starry universe: "In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos." Yhile we are assured that they "declare the glory of God," and that "all things were made by Him," it has also been learned not less surely that He has worked by His established physical and chemical laws in the creation of suns and worlds. Ye may partially discern the laws, or methods of working, through which the Creator has made and upholds the myriads of stars and our relatively small but yet vast solar system; but beyon3 all that we know, as, for example, of the laws of gravitation, everywhere lies mystery which baffles our comprehension. How all matter is influenced by all other matter and drawn toward it, how the earth began and came to its present condition, how the crystal or the plant or the animal grows, "great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number," proclaim an omnipresent and omnipotent Creator and Ruler. To learn continually more and more of His thoughts, as revealed in His works, is the highest reward of the student of nature; and increased powers of vision, whether with the telescope or the microscope, open ever...